Democracy - Internet TV Platform - Free and Open Source

Works in Mac, Linux and Windows:

Democracy - Internet TV Platform - Free and Open Source: "Download and watch all the best internet TV shows and videos in one powerful application. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide. Stop squinting at tedious web videos: sit back and watch big, high resolution videos.

Features: Democracy Player is a new kind of browser for watching videos-- grab webpages with video and video RSS feeds (including podcasts, video blogs, and BitTorrent feeds), and watch them full screen, one after the other. It's free and open source."

Students, Staff Involved in Fatal Crash - Taylor University

Updates can be found here

Updated: 1:40 p.m., Thursday, April 27
Taylor University officials report that a van carrying professional staff and students was involved in a collision with a semitrailer on Interstate 69 near Highway 18.

Four students and one employee were killed in the accident, including: Whitney E. Cerak, freshman (photo, .jpg) Laurel E. Erb, junior (photo, .jpg) Bradley J. Larson, senior (photo, .jpg) Elizabeth A. Smith, senior (photo, .jpg) Monica Felver, Creative Dining Services employee One student and three employees were injured in the accident, including: Laura J. VanRyn, senior Vickie Rhodes, Creative Dining Services employee Connie Magers, Creative Dining Services employee Michelle Miller, Creative Dining Services employee Laura VanRyn and Michelle Miller suffered serious injuries and are currently recovering at Parkview Hospital. Vicki Rhodes and Connie Magers are recovering at Marion General Hospital.

Large Photo (.jpg) Indiana State Police Release (.pdf)

Updated: 1:40 p.m., Thursday, April 27

Video Demonstration: Peel a potato in one step - Lifehacker

Video Demonstration: Peel a potato in one step "from a Japanese television show that turns peeling potatoes it into an easy, one-step process. "

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | BBC unveils radical revamp of website

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | BBC unveils radical revamp of website: "Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media and technology, also announced proposals to put the corporation's entire programme catalogue online for the first time from tomorrow in written archive form, as an 'experimental prototype', and rebrand MyBBCPlayer as BBC iPlayer."

It Rocks Everything. » How indian people drive

you've got to watch this video, the whole thing (about 2mins)

It Rocks Everything. » How indian people drive: "driving with their own rules"

Flickr: Photos from stoneth

You've got to check these out, so troubling and intriguing at the same time...

Flickr: Photos from stoneth: "stoneth's photos"

Podcast Genres on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts

In my brief search this evening, this seems to be a good place to go searching for podcasts...

Podcast Genres on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts

Billy Bragg’s Blog

Billy Bragg’s Blog

Complete with rss feeds, a new free song to download, and a nice interview with him talking about how he learned to play the guitar...

Stickyrice

Stickyrice

No exactly sure how I found this blog, but it always has otherworldy pictures of food and great descriptions of Vietnamese culture....

Project collaboration, management, and task software: Basecamp

Project collaboration, management, and task software: Basecamp: "What is Basecamp?

Basecamp is a unique project collaboration tool. Projects don't fail from a lack of charts, graphs, or reports, they fail from a lack of communication and collaboration. Basecamp makes it simple to communicate and collaborate on projects.

It's elegant, easy, and web-based. You don't need to download, install, or configure anything (no IT department required!). All you need is a web browser and an internet connection. And don't worry, your data is safe with us.
How can Basecamp help us?

Basecamp makes it easy to centralize group communication with co-workers and clients.

Assign to-dos and tasks
Post messages and gather feedback
Simple scheduling and permissions
Share files internally or with clients
Track people's time"

Vitaly Friedman's Notebook: Icons Round-Up: Free Mini Pixel Icons

Vitaly Friedman's Notebook: Icons Round-Up: Free Mini Pixel Icons: "Mini-icons are becoming more and more popular. You can use them every now and again – developing web-sites, weblogs or eCommerce-portals. Few hours ago n.design-studio has released a set of Mini Pixel Icons. The icons are divided into 5 categories – File Type Icons, Web Design Icons, Web Blog & CMS Icons, User Icons, E-commerce Icons."

Ian's Shoelace Site - Shoelace Knots - How To Tie Your Shoes

Another practical-geeky site (now I can fold my t-shirts and tie my shoes in 3/4 the time). Not sure about the speed of this one, but it seems just cool when you do it:

Ian's Shoelace Site - Shoelace Knots - How To Tie Your Shoes: "I tie my shoelaces with an 'Ian Knot', the World's Fastest Shoelace Knot: Make a loop with both ends and simultaneously pull them through each other to form an almost instant knot. It's a truly revolutionary way to tie your shoelaces!"

RSS and Avantgo

Maybe I'm way behind on this, but I just found out that you can put RSS feeds on Avantgo (i.e. create your own). So, I've just put a few of my netvibes feeds on Avantgo and wow, nice interface and quite handy for sorting through stories before attempting to read the whole thing...another technophile moment of having everything at hand.

New rack!

Netvibes keyboard shortcuts

I am on the hunt for keyboard shortcuts for Netvibes (i.e. to close a specific window and get back to main feed page, to switch between tabs, to 'scroll' down through stories, etc), so if any of you find info on this, I'd love to see it.

On another note, I did notice you can, under 'Settings', change the number of columns displayed (from 2-4 now). Thoughts on the new tabs? Any new feeds lately? I'm always on the hunt for geeky podcast feeds.

Windows to Ubuntu Transition Guide

Windows to Ubuntu Transition Guide: "Alright, so you have successfully installed Ubuntu Linux, but now what do you do with it? You are in the right place. I am going to get you started with a guide on how to use your new Ubuntu system. "

Not best pic, but there it is

Top Ten Coolest Laptop Cases

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Laptop cases are no longer simply about getting your laptop from one place to another; you can do that with a plastic grocery bag. With more people than ever daily toting their computers between the office and the home, the laptop case is now expected to mix durability, security, style—the ratio of those elements is up to you. Here’s a list of some of our favorite laptop cases that we’ve come across over the last year, each mixing function and fashion in their own way. Which works for you?

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I like 4 and 8 the best...